The Statistician-General of the Federation, Simon Harry, is dead.
His death was confirmed by the Director, Communication and Public Relations Department, of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Ichedi Joel.
His death came 72 hours after NBS denied rumours of his passing.
Joel in a statement Saturday said he was indisposed and was immediately given medical attention.
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Harry as the Statistician-General of the Federation in August last year, replacing Yemi Kale, the retired head of the agency.
He joined the Federal Office of Statistics as Statistician 11 in 1992 and rose to the position of a substantive Director of Statistics in 2019.
In the course of his civil service career, he has contributed to several reform initiatives including the reform of the then Federal Office of Statistics which was transformed to the current National Bureau of Statistics.
Harry also contributed to reforming Nigeria’s statistic system which resulted in the creation and establishment of state bureau of statistics at the sub-national level.
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